Université de Fribourg

What Checkers Actually Check: An Eye Tracking Study of Inhibitory Control and Working Memory

Harkin, Ben ; Miellet, Sebastien ; Kessler, Klaus

In: PLoS ONE, 2012, vol. 7, no. 9, p. 1-11

Background: Not only is compulsive checking the most common symptom in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) with an estimated prevalence of 50–80% in patients, but approximately ,15% of the general population reveal subclinical checking tendencies that impact negatively on their performance in daily activities. Therefore, it is critical to understand how checking affects attention and memory...